Today, my non-English-speaking grandma bought me a new t-shirt. It would've been sweet if it didn't have the word "bondage" written on the back in pretty, bold letters. I had no choice but to wear it while we went shopping. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I received a package at work. Thinking it was something I ordered, I opened it in front of my coworkers. It was a gift from my grandmother: a giant pink, “I Love My Grandson” T-shirt. The worst part? They insisted I put it on and take a picture to send to her. FML
Today, while shopping for dresses, I found a really cute one that fit me really well, but not at all in the breast area. My grandma screamed "buy her some titties!" Everyone in the store looked at me. FML
Today, I wore a Stanford college T-shirt to school. My Spanish teacher took one look at it and said "You wish". FML
Today, my mom bought me a t-shirt from the store. It has the U.S. Marines logo on it and says "Marine's Girlfriend." I'm a straight 16 year-old boy and my mom only reads and speaks Spanish. FML
Today, I went shopping with a friend. She went to try some clothes on and came out to ask for my opinion. "Hell no! That shirt is awful!" She wanted to show me the pants. The shirt was hers. FML
Today, my grandma went to get birthday gifts for my twin sister and me. She returned with 2 shirts that read "I see you've met the twins" in big letters across the chest. She gave them to us and said, "Isn't this cute? 'cause you're twins!" I then had to explain to her what the shirt was actually referring to. FML
Today, I went shopping with my grandma. Told her I saw a pretty dress I liked. She asked me who would fit in that? When I replied they have it in different sizes. She replied with, "Yeah but definitely not yours.". FML
Today, I needed a change of clothes, so I called my mom. She brought me a grey shirt with a toucan on the front and 'Mexico City' spelled in glitter. I asked her why she would bring me such an ugly shirt, and she started crying. Turns out she'd bought it for me as a present from her trip. FML
Today, I woke up to my overly religious grandmother trying to shove salt down my throat yelling "DEMON BE GONE!". Why? I didn't wear the cross neckless she bought me. FML
Today, the "My body is beautiful" t-shirt that my therapist gave me didn't fit. FML
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renegadedarling 15
You really couldn't have just explained it to her?
SgtAssCheeks 21
Maybe she thought it meant the same thing as Bonding?
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Comments (59)
Icemist 6
Had something similar happen a few years ago. I feel for you. Lucky a simple solution exists. just throw a light jacket on and say your cold.
Omniprism 15
Haha! This is awesome.
mattrd_fml 31
I don't get why everyone keeps saying OP should have explained. The grandma doesn't speak english. I'm guessing OP doesn't speak grandma's language either. If she did she would have explained why the shirt was innapproprate and would not have been forced to wear it in the first place.
gay_flavored_cx 16
You couldn't have worn a jacket??
syed121417 22
Consider this: the grandma doesn't speak English and it's very possible OP does not know the language. Additionally, there are many cultures where bondage isn't even common knowledge so had s/hetold her what it meant, s/he would then have to go into detail about what bondage is. Now, we don't know how old OP is, and in many cultures, the grandma would scold him/her for even knowing (I know I would get scolded). And when a relative gets something for you, ecspecially an elderly relative, and wants you to wear it and you don't, it really does hurt their feelings. Plus, look at OP's location. Egypt. Now I'm not generalizing, but I know many Egyptians who, like me, are Muslim. Even Egyptians of other religions are rather conservative. The point being is it that it was a better decision to simply wear the shirt with zero ***** given rather than going through the whole process of explaining what tying someone up while pleasuring yourself or them in a rather rough manner is and how she accidentally got OP with the name of that action on it.
oscillation26 3
plot twist: grandma knew exactly what it meant
Auraline 3
Wear a jacket?
my_user 11
If you're a girl hide it with your long hair